Elche vs Espanyol, 2022-23 LaLiga

· Spanish LALIGA

Elche

81': José Ángel Carmona

FT
0 - 1

Espanyol

90'+2': Sergi Darder

About

Elche are hosting Espanyol at Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain, starting on . The match is a part of the Spanish LALIGA.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Omar Mascarell (Elche).
1': Sergi Darder (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
2': Attempt blocked. Ezequiel Ponce (Elche) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Boyé.
3': Foul by Clerc (Elche).
3': Rubén Sánchez (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Attempt missed. Javier Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rubén Sánchez.
5': Foul by Vinicius Souza (Espanyol).
5': Omar Mascarell (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Attempt saved. Gumbau (Elche) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Ángel Carmona.
10': Attempt saved. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergi Darder.
10': Clerc (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Rubén Sánchez (Espanyol).
11': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
11': Attempt saved. Omar Mascarell (Elche) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gumbau with a cross.
12': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Sergi Darder.
12': Attempt missed. Ezequiel Ponce (Elche) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Clerc with a cross following a corner.
13': Attempt blocked. Denis Suárez (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Braithwaite.
13': Offside, Elche. Enzo Roco tries a through ball, but Ezequiel Ponce is caught offside.
13': Delay in match because of an injury Brian Oliván (Espanyol).
13': Delay in match because of an injury Ezequiel Ponce (Elche).
17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
20': Foul by Vinicius Souza (Espanyol).
20': Lucas Boyé (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Attempt missed. Gumbau (Elche) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fidel.
22': Attempt blocked. Ezequiel Ponce (Elche) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Fidel.
22': Corner, Elche. Conceded by José Gragera.
23': Offside, Elche. Helibelton Palacios tries a through ball, but José Ángel Carmona is caught offside.
24': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
24': José Ángel Carmona (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Attempt missed. Ezequiel Ponce (Elche) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Boyé with a through ball.
26': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
26': José Ángel Carmona (Elche) wins a free kick on the right wing.
27': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol).
27': Helibelton Palacios (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Gumbau (Elche).
27': Sergi Darder (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Lucas Boyé (Elche).
31': Vinicius Souza (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Clerc (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Rubén Sánchez (Espanyol).
32': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
33': Attempt saved. Enzo Roco (Elche) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gumbau with a cross.
33': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
33': Helibelton Palacios (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Offside, Espanyol. Martin Braithwaite tries a through ball, but Sergi Darder is caught offside.
38': Attempt saved. Helibelton Palacios (Elche) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
39': Attempt blocked. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergi Darder.
42': Attempt blocked. Fidel (Elche) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
42': Attempt missed. Omar Mascarell (Elche) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
43': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
43': Helibelton Palacios (Elche) wins a free kick on the right wing.
43': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Brian Oliván (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+4': Attempt missed. Ezequiel Ponce (Elche) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lucas Boyé.
45'+5': First Half ends, Elche 0, Espanyol 0.
45': Second Half begins Elche 0, Espanyol 0.
45': Substitution, Elche. Pedro Bigas replaces Lisandro Magallán.
47': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
47': Corner, Elche. Conceded by José Gragera.
48': Offside, Elche. Lucas Boyé tries a through ball, but Fidel is caught offside.
49': Delay in match because of an injury Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
50': Corner, Elche. Conceded by José Gragera.
53': Offside, Espanyol. Brian Oliván tries a through ball, but Martin Braithwaite is caught offside.
53': Attempt saved. Javier Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Braithwaite with a cross.
54': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Edgar Badia.
54': Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Denis Suárez with a cross following a corner.
57': Foul by Denis Suárez (Espanyol).
57': Helibelton Palacios (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Offside, Elche. Fidel tries a through ball, but Ezequiel Ponce is caught offside.
60': Attempt saved. Gumbau (Elche) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Clerc.
60': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
60': Attempt blocked. Enzo Roco (Elche) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gumbau with a cross.
60': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Sergi Gómez.
61': Attempt missed. Clerc (Elche) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gumbau with a cross following a corner.
61': Attempt blocked. Ezequiel Ponce (Elche) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
61': Attempt blocked. Lucas Boyé (Elche) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
63': Delay in match because of an injury Fernando Pacheco (Espanyol).
63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
64': Substitution, Espanyol. Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel replaces Rubén Sánchez.
65': Substitution, Espanyol. Aleix Vidal replaces Javier Puado.
66': Foul by José Ángel Carmona (Elche).
66': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
69': Attempt missed. Ezequiel Ponce (Elche) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Clerc.
70': Foul by José Ángel Carmona (Elche).
70': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Foul by José Ángel Carmona (Elche).
71': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
71': José Ángel Carmona (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Helibelton Palacios.
73': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Enzo Roco.
75': Offside, Elche. Clerc tries a through ball, but Fidel is caught offside.
76': Substitution, Elche. Randy Nteka replaces Ezequiel Ponce.
76': Delay in match because of an injury Brian Oliván (Espanyol).
77': Substitution, Espanyol. Edu Expósito replaces Denis Suárez.
77': Substitution, Espanyol. Simo replaces Brian Oliván because of an injury.
77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
79': Foul by Randy Nteka (Elche).
79': José Gragera (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Aleix Vidal (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Foul by José Ángel Carmona (Elche).
81': Second yellow card to José Ángel Carmona (Elche) for a bad foul.
82': Fidel (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Foul by Aleix Vidal (Espanyol).
83': Attempt blocked. Óscar Gil (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
83': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Helibelton Palacios.
84': Attempt blocked. Edu Expósito (Espanyol) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Sergi Darder with a cross.
84': Attempt missed. Sergi Gómez (Espanyol) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Edu Expósito following a corner.
86': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Óscar Gil.
87': Attempt missed. Edu Expósito (Espanyol) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
88': Substitution, Elche. Josan replaces Fidel.
90': Corner, Elche. Conceded by Sergi Gómez.
90': Attempt missed. Enzo Roco (Elche) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Helibelton Palacios with a cross following a corner.
90'+1': Substitution, Elche. Gonzalo Verdú replaces Gumbau.
90'+2': Goal! Elche 0, Espanyol 1. Sergi Darder (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Melamed.
90'+5': Foul by Enzo Roco (Elche).
90'+5': Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+6': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Randy Nteka.
90'+6': Edu Expósito (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
90'+7': Helibelton Palacios (Elche) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol).
90'+7': Edu Expósito (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Foul by Lucas Boyé (Elche).
90'+8': Second Half ends, Elche 0, Espanyol 1.
0': Match ends, Elche 0, Espanyol 1.

Statistics

ESP		ELC
12	Fouls	11
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	1
2	Offsides	5
5	Corner Kicks	10
5	Saves	2
53.8	Possession	46.2
11	SHOTS	19
4	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
316	Accurate Passes	253
409	Passes	336
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	10
16	Crosses	30
0.3	Cross %	0.3
68	Long Balls	66
31	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	6
7	Effective Tackles	14
14	Tackles	25
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
3	Interceptions	7
22	Effective Clearances	15
22	Clearances	15

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Martínez Valero
Location: Elche, Spain
Attendance: 18,963

LALIGA Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	3	+5	9
2	Athletic Club	3	+3	9
3	Villarreal	3	+7	7
4	Barcelona	3	+4	7

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Elche (3-4-3)

No.	Name
13	Edgar Badía (GK)
3	Enzo Roco
7	Lisandro Magallán
14	Helibelton Palacios
20	Gerard Gumbau
21	Omar Mascarell
23	Carlos Clerc
40	José Ángel Carmona
9	Lucas Boyé
16	Fidel
19	Ezequiel Ponce

Elche Substitutes:

Randy Nteka, Josan, Nicolás Fernández, Pedro Bigas, José Antonio Morente, Raúl Guti, Lautaro Blanco, Pape Diop, Pol Lirola, Gonzalo Verdú, Axel Werner.

Espanyol (3-5-2)

No.	Name
13	Fernando Pacheco (GK)
15	José Gragera
14	Brian Oliván
24	Sergi Gómez
6	Denis Suárez
10	Sergi Darder
12	Vinicius Souza
2	Óscar Gil
27	Rubén Sánchez
7	Javier Puado
17	Martin Braithwaite

Espanyol Substitutes:

Nicolás Melamed, Ronael Pierre-Gabriel, Simo, Lazo, Luca Koleosho, Joan García, Aleix Vidal, Edu Expósito, Álvaro Fernández.

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